passphrases with more than 160 bits of entropy

[Matt Crawford]

On Mar 22, 2006, at 20:11, John Denker wrote:

>> But if you apply  thoughtfully to a single fixed sequence, you  
>> correctly get the answer  zero.
>
> I agree with all that, except for the "But".  Shannon well knew that
> the entropy was zero in such a situation.

Sure.  The "but" was to someone who thought the application would  
give a different answer.


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